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Battle of Logos 50!

Go, my tribal sportsball team! Win against the evil sportsball team of that other tribe, with their garish colors and pagan symbology!

If you told me that both the Broncos and Panthers logo were from the same design hop (if not same designer), it would not at all surprise me. I think the clean lines and directionality of the Broncos logo is a bit better, but, despite having been in Denver for over a couple of decades, I confess I find the Carolina blue/black a more attractive color scheme than the Denver Orange/blue.

Neverthless, I'll be there rooting for my sportsball champions, and drinking much local beer for the cause.

Originally shared by +The Bruce, Mile High:

Battling Logos

Both are clean and modern, but I do prefer the Broncos logo, even if admittedly being slightly biased.

 

In Album Battling Logos

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Interesting

Interesting There seems to be a sportsball game of some sort on the TV that has the locals agitated. Wonder what that’s all about?

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ESPN is not nearly as popular and essential as they would like to be

ESPN has largely survived by cutting big deals with cable providers to be part of their normal package, and by painting itself as an essential part of any set of cable channels being offered (and then taking in more money by insisting that providers also bundle a host of ESPN-affiliated channels).

The problem is, consumers aren't sold on the idea.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160114/06532833339/56-would-drop-espn-heartbeat-if-it-meant-saving-8-month-cable.shtml

'A new study commissioned by BTIG Research and analyst Rich Greenfield (registration required) found that 56% of those surveyed would happily ditch ESPN if it meant saving them $8 a month. 60% of females say they would ditch the channel for the $8 discount, while 49% of males would do the same. And while ESPN could pursue a standalone streaming service, 85% of those polled say they wouldn't subscribe at $20 a month, even if it bundled in all of the additional ESPN channels such as ESPN 2 and ESPN 3.'

Count me as part of that 49%. We turn to a game on ESPN maybe once every 3-4 months, and only when there are guests who have to see the Big Game when it's only available there. I would be happy to forego that privilege (sorry, gang) to save $8/mo.

The problem, as the article notes, is that ESPN has been operating in a bubble, where it has the market locked by becoming "essential" to cable companies. That's no longer the case any more, as more and more people shift away from cable. But the impact is not just on ESPN and its Disney overlords, but on the sports leagues that ESPN pays big buck to for exclusive coverage of games. If such a substantial part of the viewing public doesn't think that's worth it, ESPN may be renegotiating those contacts on the other end, which will make some NFL team owners (et al.) pretty unhappy (shucky-darn).

 

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Introducing the Cleveland / LA / Anaheim / St Louis / LA Rams!

I do hope the citizens of the various cities on the hook for whatever costs / tax breaks were offered to draw the Rams back to Southern California get plenty of sportsball joy in recompense.

At least until the team gets tired of its new $1.85bn stadium, and moves somewhere else again.

Originally shared by +The Onion:

“I always knew Los Angeles was a bigger city than St. Louis.”

#AmericanVoices




St. Louis Rams Moving To L.A.
NFL officials have confirmed that the St. Louis Rams will move to Los Angeles next season, paying the NFL a $550 million relocation fee to become the L.A. Rams and play in the Coliseum until construction of their $1.85 billion stadium is complete. What do you think?

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Well, THAT was a Homecoming Game

So this year we've been going to all the Arapahoe HS home games, as +Kay Hill is in the Marching Band and we help them out. So it gives me a chance to work out my tribalism watching sportsball and cheering for Our Team.

Tonight was the Homecoming Game. And AHS has been an unexpected 5-0 so far this year.

At the end of the first half, the Arapahoe Warriors were down 24-7, and Gateway was basically dominating the field. Our lone TD had as much to do with Gateway penalties as Arapahoe good play.

With 3 minutes left in the second half, AHS scored its third touchdown of the half, to bring the score to 28-24.

With 12 seconds left (when I took this picture, during a time out), Gateway was on the Arapahoe 2 yard line.

And the Warriors held them, winning their Homecoming Game. Yay, team!

(I personally credit the excellent halftime show by the marching band with getting the team back into a winning frame of mind. Harrumph!)

 

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The variability of baseball fields

Football fields are … well, they are football fields: 120 yards (110 m) long and 53.33 yards (48.76 m) wide, with internal markings to strict regulations. Similarly, basketball courts and hockey rinks are strictly defined.

Baseball fields? All over the freaking map, aside form the dimensions of the diamond. Interestingly, that (and how it changes as stadiums are replaced) is considered part of the charm and lore of the game.

It makes me wonder if something similar would be possible for other sports. Imagine a sideline in football that wasn't regular, or uprights that were somewhat variable. Think of a basketball court that dipped down in one corner, or a hockey rink that was trapezoidal rather than rectangular. "Ah, Smitherby.com Arena — always loved going there and watching the visiting teams struggle with that hump in the center-top of the ice; shame they tore it down back on '23, games haven't been the same since."

Originally shared by +Tony Adams:

I couldn't care less about Baseball but I found this infographic interesting, regardless.

http://twistedsifter.com/2015/10/the-differing-dimensions-of-every-stadium-in-baseball




The Differing Dimensions of Every Stadium in Baseball [Infographic]
An annotated comparison of field and wall dimensions of the current 30 Major League ballparks. Created by Lou Spirito.

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Laurel Leaves and Municipal Debt

You would think that the lessons of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles would have been taken to heart.

http://stupidevilbastard.com/2015/09/the-remains-of-olympics-past/

Aside from the lesson that "Pastels are cool" and "Flextime schedules alleviate freeway crowding," the '84 Olympics in LA taught the lesson that you can run a pretty reasonable global sporting event if you already have venues you are willing to use, rather than building lots of massive sports arenas that will then slowly decay alongside your municipal credit rating.

The Olympics are an amazing event, and I would hate to see them end. But the pressure to use them as a huge and pointless infrastructure construction project, driven by the IOC's demands of candidate venues, is rapidly making them an obsolete way to build civic pride and national fame, let alone celebrate the glory of amateur sports.

 

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As someone who plays golf, I must share this commercial

Because, yeah, funny.

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Sports or Education: You Can't Have Both

And I don't mean by that the debate in academia about spending money on sports programs vs academics — that's a separate, if worthwhile, discussion.

Instead, I'm talking about the current Scott Walker-led escapades in Wisconsin where, days after cutting $250 million (and the concept of tenure) from the state's university system budget, Wisconsin is now on course to pitch in $250 million in public financing for a brand new stadium for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Walker and his GOP-led legislature keep talking about people taking responsibility for themselves, and of getting rid of institutions, like public unions, that they say sponge off the taxpayer. Somehow, neither seems to be applicable in their eyes to professional sports teams.

At least the priorities are clear.




Wisconsin Senate Votes To Give $250 Million To Billionaires
The Wisconsin Senate voted 21-10 to approve $250 million in public financing for a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks. The bill will now be sent to the state Assembly for approval. Though the Assembly is likely to pass it, there is still some backroom negotiating and deals to be completed beforehand. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has exhaustive detail on the compromises struck to pass the Senate version of the bill.

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That’s what makes demonic horse races

Mark Twain noted, "It is not best that we should all think alike; it is differences of opinion that make horse races." (http://wist.info/twain-mark/3914/). Evangelical "citizen reporter" Rick Wiles has a difference of opinion with Barrack Obama, and has a horse race in mind, too.

'Wiles agreed that Obama is bringing America down and is a forerunner of the Antichrist. As proof, he cited the results of the Kentucky Derby: “He has a spirit of Antichrist operating in him, he is America’s pharaoh. Interestingly, the horse American Pharaoh won the horse race Saturday, another little sign to America, there’s been many of them over the years since Obama’s been in.”'

Really? Can we tell how things are going with the country and the Obama presidency based on who wins the Derby? (via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Derby#Winners)

2008 – Big Brown — Obviously a prediction of the first African-American Antichrist President!

2009 – Mine that Bird — Obama starts fostering a culture of personal greediness ("Mine!") while giving our American Christian values the "bird" by building huge deficits and trying to ram Obamacare down our throats.

2010 – Super Saver — Clearly foreseeing how the GOP would save the country by taking the House in the fall elections!

2011 – Animal Kingdom — Obama continues to dehumanize Americans by … er … being a socialist!

2012 – I'll Have Another — Obviously a prediction of how Obama steals a second term through use of voter intimidation, electoral fraud, gagging preachers, and demonic Muslim powers. Also, BENGHAZI!

2013 – Orb – Just as kings hold orbs and scepters, so, too, Obama reigns as a monarch, assaulting Constitutional rights 24×7.

2014 – California Chrome — … I got nothing.

Still, for all those years, you can clearly see what sort of evil was being committed by That Man in the White House based on that year's Derby winnner.

(Should I mention "Monarchos" and "War Emblem" during George W Bush's presidency, or "Genuine Risk" and "Spend a Buck" during the Reagan Administration? Hmmmm …)




Rick Wiles: Kentucky Derby Proves Obama Is Demonic Precursor To The Antichrist
Self-proclaimed prophet Mena Lee Grebin joined Rick Wiles on his “Trunews” program yesterday to discuss various angelic visitations and divinely inspired visions she has experienced that h

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You know, if the US Army made as much of a overblown production of the draft as the NFL, the public would probably accept it.

You know, if the US Army made as much of a overblown production of the draft as the NFL, the public would probably accept it.

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One tax subsidy to the NFL down

So it's good, in a pro forma sense, that the NFL will no longer be 501(c)(6) tax-exempt entity, because, really?

Not touched are the billions in local tax subsidies to NFL teams to build ever-shinier and grander stadiums from which to earn more money through ticket sales. But that's a question for another day.

Originally shared by +The Atlantic:

Why the NFL Decided to Start Paying Taxes http://trib.al/yfhMm72




Why the NFL Decided to Start Paying Taxes
The league shed its nonprofit status, giving the public one fewer thing to criticize.

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Well, there’s another reason not to go to Major League Baseball games

Not that I needed one. But having some fractional increase in my ticket go to pay for useless metal detectors, just so that MLB can look determined and counter-terrorismy? No thanks.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/04/metal_detectors.html

‘It’s an attitude I’ve seen before: “Something must be done. This is something. Therefore, we must do it.” Never mind if the something makes any sense or not. In reality, this is CYA security, and it’s pervasive in post-9/11 America. It no longer matters if a security measure makes sense, if it’s cost-effective or if it mitigates any actual threats. All that matters is that you took the threat seriously, so if something happens you won’t be blamed for inaction. It’s security, all right – security for the careers of those in charge.’

(How critically important are these metal detectors against fiendish terrorists who are continually plotting to bomb a baseball game? Critically important enough that when the Rockies had problems with the detectors at their season opener, leaving some fans outside the game, they just decided to let them skip the metal detectors. http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25145346/rockies-fans-miss-start-of-home-opener-due-to-metal-detectors)

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All your bases are belong to them

Maybe we need different sports metaphors for sex.

 

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The Decline of Golf

I still enjoy going out for a round of golf, but between a paucity of friends with an inclination to do so, and a paucity of most-of-the-day-free weekends, I'm doing well to get out more than once or twice a year.

Growing up, both my parents and my mom's folks played golf, and it was a fixture when we'd go to visit. I learned to swing on some kids clubs at the Stanford driving range while my parents were practicing, and I can remember walking courses with the family and getting a chance to hit a few out on the back nine.

I've never been great, but I have a good time. But not so good that I'm going to go out on my own (or be part of a foursome with strangers. So I play in my company's once-a-year event, or if my parish puts on a golf tourney, and … that's about it.

It's not surprising that golf is in decline. I really don't think it has as much to do with the lack of new Tiger Woods folk burning up the link, as much as the cost for a round and the amount of time it takes to play. That, coupled with land use pressures and water restrictions makes it hard to think that golf will ever come back in any serious way. I don't see it shifting to "polo" status any time soon, but it's trending that way.




Why America fell out of love with golf
How America’s slow-going, expensive, old-fashioned pastime fell apart.

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It's the Olympics, IOC, not Mount Olympus

Aside from the very high costs of hosting the Olympics (venue construction, etc.), all for dubious economic benefit, the International Olympic Committee seems determined to turn off applicants by including host city requirements for the IOC that rival a Rolling Stones contract:

– Cars and drivers for IOC members, with special dedicated highway lanes
– Street lights synchronized to prioritize IOC traffic
– Separate airport entrance for IOC members
– Hotel mini-bars must have only Coca-Cola products
– Samsung phones for all IOC members
– All meeting rooms must be kept at exactly 68 degrees.
– All furniture must have "Olympic appearance."
– "IOC members will be received with a smile on arrival at hotel"

Nothing about only Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, and Red M&Ms, but I'm sure that was in there somewhere.

So, not surprisingly, Oslo — one of the three finalists (and, in fact, only cities whose bids were left standing) for the 2022 Winter Olympics has dropped out. That leaves just Beijing, China and Almaty, Khazakstan left. Apparently they're both used to autocratic treatment.




Nobody Wants To Host The 2022 Olympics
The next Olympics to be awarded, a little more than a year from now, will be the 2022 Winter Games. Rather than going to the strongest bid, the games may end up going to the last city standing–a long list of potential hosts have given up on their Olympic dreams because the whole thing is one huge, useless waste of money.

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Redskins on the warpath

+Margie Kleerup and I watched this Daily Show segment last night (http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/189afv/the-redskins–name—catching-racism), and it's very interesting reading some "behind the scenes" notes from one of the Native Americans involved in the show.

The use of Native Americans as team mascots is — a contentious issue as best. Part of it depends, I think, on the term used — "redskins" is generally accepted as a disparaging term. It may partly also depend on how that that connection is portrayed, or how the team reaches out to the Native American community.

For example, my daughter's high school team name is the Arapahoe High School Warriors (we're located in Araphahoe Co., Colorado). From the founding of the school, an Arapaho Indian was used as the symbol / mascot. Early on, this was a caricature, but in the early 90s the school reached out to the actual Arapaho nation to agree upon how the connection to the tribe could be made in a positive way (http://arapahoe.littletonpublicschools.net/Default.aspx?tabid=5955). The mascot symbol was redesigned, terminology was revised, and the school got the endorsement of the tribe. Which is kind of cool.

It seems to me that what's going on with the Washington NFL team is a combination of a generally-deemed-offensive term, a lack of serious connection between the team itself and the Native American community as a whole. Moreover, the identity of the "Redskins" has been, in a sense, appropriated — an identity that is offensive to some sizeable segment of the Native American community is seen as a self-labeled title of pride by a bunch of folks who — well, aren't Native Americans. Thus the push to change the name isn't seem just as a debate over social justice or historical meaning, but over a name that people thinks refers to them, through their team. Thus, any attack on the name becomes an attack on their own identity, leading to … well, untoward behavior, especially when alcohol gets thrown into the mix.




“I’ll fucking cut you.” Behind the scenes of the 1491s’ segment on “The Daily Show”
Photo courtesy of Migizi Pensoneau The 1491s with Jason Jones of “The Daily Show.” Editor’s note: Last night “The Daily Show” aired a controversial segment…

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"The Onion" Imitates Life, Again (NFL Edition)

A palpable (or visible, at least) hit.




NFL Announces New Zero-Tolerance Policy On Videotaped Domestic Violence
NEW YORK—Following public outcry over his mishandling of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice’s aggravated assault of his then-fiancée, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced Tuesday that the league has adopted a new zero-tolerance …

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Figuring Far-Flung Football Fandom from Facebook Favorites

An interesting look, county by county, at what National Football League team's page is most Liked via Facebook.

What I find fascinating are the edge cases. Why is the border between Broncos and Seahawks where it is (and why are there clusters of Cowboys fans up there? And Packers?). Does LA really have an affinity for the long-absent Raiders, or is it simply that they don't have any alternatives (yet). Why does the Upper Peninsula split between the Lions and the Packers, rather than being one or the other? And pity poor Kentucky, divided between four different teams (none of them their own) and a sprinkling of others, or Florida, also with four (though none of them from Atlanta) and others besides.

Nice use of social media data.



The Geography of NFL Fandom

The Patriots really do rule New England, and the Cowboys might just be America’s team. But after that, things get complicated.

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College sports is a multi-million dollar business

I have no problem with college athletes making some money from it. Treating them as “students” that are just playing for “the love of the game,” while the NCAA makes millions and college coaches rake in massive salaries and universities depend on sports revenue — well, it’s both absurd and patently unfair.Of course, I’d rather universities were actually all about, y’know, education, not having the best sportsball teams. But if that’s how we want to treat higher education, then the actual workers involved deserve a piece of the pie.Reshared post from +Doug Dunfee

ICYMI, this is way overdue.

Judge Rules NCAA Can’t Stop Athletes From Profiting From College Sports
In a landmark ruling, a federal court has found that the NCAA can no longer restrict college athletes from directly profiting from their sports activities.

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